Yearly Archives: 1996

CARRIERS TO GAIN REVENUE FROM IN-BUILDING WIRELESS

Offering customers wireless access inside and outside the office will enable wireless carriers to gain new subscribers, retain current subscribers and generate increased airtime...

DEAF WANT ACCESS TO WIRELESS PHONES

Dear Editor: I feel I must respond to Mr. Valentine's response to your Viewpoint column.First of all, I think Mr. Valentine is certainly keeping in...

INTERCEL PICKS ERICSSON TO SUPPLY PCS NETWORK

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply personal communications services infrastructure equipment to InterCel Inc.Ericsson said it will...

NEXTEL COMPLETES MERGER WITH DIAL PAGE SMR FIRM

RUTHERFORD, N.J.- Nextel Communications Inc. announced it has closed it previously announced merger with Dial Page Inc.Under the agreement, Dial Page stockholders will receive...

D.C. NOTES

Furloughs. Snow days. Sales at major department stores. These incidences are what govern how day-to-day federal business is conducted in Washington. And now it...

OMNIPOINT RAISES $119M IN INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

ARLINGTON, Va.-Omnipoint Corp. announced the successful completion of its initial public offering of common stock shares that began trading on the Nasdaq National Market...

SPECTRUM AUCTION’S FATE ENTWINED IN FED’S BUDGET

WASHINGTON-The federal budget will play a large role in determining the future of spectrum auctions, according to several panelists taking part in "Spectrum Auctions: Pay...

PHILLIPS CLOSES IN NETHERLANDS TO OPEN NEW PARIS OPERATIONS

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands-Philips Electronics said it will dissolve its infrastructure division in the Netherlands and open a new unit in France to manufacture wireless phones,...

NOTABLE QUOTE

"Shutting down the government was bad enough. Threatening default was horrendous. But what they are proposing now-refusing to pay America's bills-is straight out of...

STV PICKS AT&T, NORTEL FOR $3B CDMA BUILDOUT

Sprint Telecommunications Venture has awarded contracts to build its personal communications services network to AT&T Network Systems Inc. and Northern Telecom Inc. with roughly...

CONGRESS PASSES TELECOM REFORM BILL

WASHINGTON-Congress passed landmark telecommunications reform legislation late last week, paving the way for the wireless lane of the information superhighway and setting the stage...

TEXAS JUDGE RULES CMRS FEES UNFAIR

AUSTIN, Texas-Texas State District Judge Scott McCowan ruled a fee imposed on wireless providers to finance the Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund is disproportionate to...

TEST FINDS SOME INTERFERENCE BE TWEEN HEARING AIDS, PHONES

An initial progress report on testing at the University of Oklahoma between hearing aids and wireless phones indicates some interference exists but makes no...

VIEWPOINT

The telecom reform bill has passed Congress and should soon be signed by President Clinton. The country is embarking upon a brave new world...

CDMA RECEIVES A COOL RECEPTION IN SOUTH KOREA

A cellular network using Code Division Multiple Access technology is live in South Korea, but so far enduring only a lukewarm reception. Current analog...

CARRIERS TO INTRODUCE COMPETITION TO ARGENTINA’S CELLULAR MARKET

This year will bring competition to Argentina's interior cellular market, now served only by Compania de Telefonos del Interior under a two-year exclusive license.Owned...

PRIVATIZATION MAY HELP BOOST LAG GING CENTRAL AMERICAN MARKET

Central America's cellular market, although smaller and representing somewhat riskier investment than other parts of Latin America, remains largely untapped and is expected to...

CDPD STILL A HARD SELL FOR VEN DORS, BUT APPLICATIONS SHOW PROMISE

Just as Cellular Digital Packet Data has been slow to take off in the United States, it looks like it will take a little...

COLOMBIA BOASTS HIGH CELLULAR PENETRATION AND DIGITAL GROWTH

Colombia continues to be a top performer in the Latin American cellular arena, with the highest digital growth and high overall cellular penetration.As part...

LOW PENETRATION FIGURES DEMON STRATE PAGING MARKET POTENTIAL

Although paging has existed for decades in major Latin American and Caribbean countries, developments during the past few years have placed these markets on...

CALLING PARTY PAYS RAISES CELLULAR USE, SAY CARRIERS

"Calling party pays" cellular, already a reality in Europe, Japan and Australia, is a growing trend throughout Latin America.In most places in Latin America,...

LATIN AMERICA LICENSING DELAYS STALL PCS DEPLOYMENT IN REGION

Despite strong initial efforts on the part of Chilean, Argentine and Mexican regulators, implementing personal communications services in Latin America will fall a little...

TELCEL NOTES 30 PERCENT GROWTH DESPITE WEAK MEXICAN ECONOMY

Despite overall slow growth in the Mexican cellular market due to the economic crisis in 1995, Telcel posted a 30.6 percent increase in subscribers...

CONSORTIA IN BRAZIL PREP TO BID ON UPCOMING CELLULAR LICENSES

The impending liberalization of Brazil's cellular services sector has attracted interest from a host of global carriers clamoring to position themselves in the region's...
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